Mac: Update Office - Here's how

You can activate the automatic update of the version so that the Office version on the Mac is always up to date. Then your Mac will download the update in the background as soon as an update from Office is available. We'll show you how to turn on the automatic update and get the latest version of Office right away.

Update Office on Mac

1. First, open a new document in Word on Mac.
2. Then click on "Help" and "Check for updates".
3. Office then checks whether a new version is available. It will then be downloaded and installed automatically.

Mac: Update Office automatically

To avoid having to check Office for updates every time, you can use the automatic update function:

1. To do this, download the free Microsoft AutoUpdater and run the tool.
2. Then open a new Word document and choose "Help"> "Check for updates".
3. Office now asks you: "How should updates be installed?" Select "Download and install automatically" here (see picture).
4. Then click on the blue button "Check for updates".